Spring-loaded, dual-action hinge assembly for vehicle accessorie

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1990-02-20

1991-02-19

Focarino, Margaret A.

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Glare screen or visor

16341, 16342, B60J 300

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049937723

ABSTRACT:
A spring-loaded hinge assembly is adapted for use in pivotally interconnected components, such as hinged or pivotal components in accessory assemblies in vehicle applications. The hinge assembly provides for at least a pair of predetermined relative rotational orientations, or detented positions, of the pivotally interconnected components. Each of these detented positions is independently controlled by separate and distinct spring-and-cam arrangements, such that the rotational efforts, and consequently the detent holding forces, can be different from one another, if desired in a given application. The hinge assembly is especially advantageous in covered vanity assemblies on automotive sunvisors, for example.

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